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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The final scene mentions that Grundberg and Lake are facing charges of insider trading for dumping all of the stock right before they were exposed for faking drug test results.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The final scene mentions that Grundberg and Lake are facing charges of insider trading for dumping all of the stock right before they were exposed for faking drug test results.results.
* ThatPoorCat: A firebomb in Max's apartment is set to go off via a tripwire, but Max is not there. It's tripped by Harry, Max's cat.
* ThatPoorCat: A firebomb in Max's apartment is set to go off via a tripwire, but Max is not there. It's tripped by Harry, Max's cat.
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Cancer researcher Max Franklin, is presumed dead in a plane crash, on the verge of his company finding a new drug. As Franklin's circle of friends (including Jessica) reel with the effects, they discover that there might be irregularities with the cancer drug (most of the research for which has disappeared from Max’s laboratory) and that Max himself might still be alive, and trying to expose the truth. At least for a while. Feature Creator/SamAnderson as fellow scientist Stuart Himes.
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Cancer researcher Max Franklin, is presumed dead in a plane crash, on the verge of his company finding a new drug. As Franklin's circle of friends (including Jessica) reel deal with the effects, their loss, they discover that there might be irregularities with the cancer drug (most of the research for which has disappeared from Max’s laboratory) and that Max himself might still be alive, alive (at least for now), and trying to expose the truth. At least for a while.truth. Feature Creator/SamAnderson as fellow scientist Stuart Himes.
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* FalseReassurance: Grundberg telling his scientists the drug won’t go on the market if it’s in any way defective.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Grundberg is a corrupt, bespectacled figure. Subverted with David, whose a nice guy interested in seeing the mystery solved and the drug trial done safely.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Grundberg is a corrupt, bespectacled figure. Subverted with David, whose a nice guy interested in seeing the mystery solved and the drug trial done safely.
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* FalseReassurance: Grundberg telling his scientists the drug won’t go on the market if it’s in any way defective.
defective is a bald-faced lie.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Grundberg is a corrupt, bespectacled figure. Subverted with David,whose who’s a nice guy interested in seeing the mystery solved and the drug trial done safely.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Grundberg is a corrupt, bespectacled figure. Subverted with David,
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* IgnoredExpert: Max, Liz, Stuart and David all protested the cancer drug being pushed forward but were ignored by Grundberg. [[spoiler:Although Stuart was in on faking the data, and was only pretending to feel this way]].
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* IgnoredExpert: Max, Liz, Stuart and David all protested the cancer drug they develops being pushed forward without tests but were ignored by Grundberg. [[spoiler:Although Stuart was in on faking the data, and was only pretending to feel this way]].
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Cancer researcher Max Franklin, is presumed dead in a plane crash, on the verge of his company finding a new drug. As Franklins circle of friends (including Jessica) reel with the effects, they discover that there might be irregularities with the cancer drug (most of the research for which has disappeared from Max’s laboratory) and that Max himself might still be alive, and trying to expose the truth. At least for a while. Feature Creator/SamAnderson as fellow scientist Stuart Himes.
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Cancer researcher Max Franklin, is presumed dead in a plane crash, on the verge of his company finding a new drug. As Franklins Franklin's circle of friends (including Jessica) reel with the effects, they discover that there might be irregularities with the cancer drug (most of the research for which has disappeared from Max’s laboratory) and that Max himself might still be alive, and trying to expose the truth. At least for a while. Feature Creator/SamAnderson as fellow scientist Stuart Himes.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The final scene mentions that Grundberg and Lake are facing charges of insider trading for dumping all of the stock right before they were exposed.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The final scene mentions that Grundberg and Lake are facing charges of insider trading for dumping all of the stock right before they were exposed.exposed for faking drug test results.
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* IgnoredExpert: Max, Liz, Stuart and David all protested the cancer drug being pushed forward but were ignored by Grndberg. [[spoiler:Although Stuart was in on faking the data, and was only pretending to feel this way]].
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* IgnoredExpert: Max, Liz, Stuart and David all protested the cancer drug being pushed forward but were ignored by Grndberg.Grundberg. [[spoiler:Although Stuart was in on faking the data, and was only pretending to feel this way]].
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Cancer researcher Max Franklin, is presumed dead in a plane crash, o on the verge of his company finding a new drug. As Franklins circle of friends (including Jessica) reel with the effects, they discover that there might be irregularities with the cancer drug (most of the research for which has disappeared from Max’s laboratory) and that Max himself might still be alive, and trying to expose the truth. At least for a while. Feature Creator/SamAnderson as fellow scientist Stuart Himes.
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Cancer researcher Max Franklin, is presumed dead in a plane crash, o on the verge of his company finding a new drug. As Franklins circle of friends (including Jessica) reel with the effects, they discover that there might be irregularities with the cancer drug (most of the research for which has disappeared from Max’s laboratory) and that Max himself might still be alive, and trying to expose the truth. At least for a while. Feature Creator/SamAnderson as fellow scientist Stuart Himes.
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* RealityEnsues: The final scene mentions that Grundberg and Lake are facing charges of insider trading for dumping all of the stock right before they were exposed.
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* TheStarscream: Prisiclla shows some interest in usurping Grundberg, although she shoves this aside as more pressing concerns arise.
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* TheStarscream: Prisiclla shows some interest in usurping her boss Grundberg, although she shoves this aside as more pressing concerns arise.arise.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The final scene mentions that Grundberg and Lake are facing charges of insider trading for dumping all of the stock right before they were exposed.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The final scene mentions that Grundberg and Lake are facing charges of insider trading for dumping all of the stock right before they were exposed.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Dr. Grundberg and Priscilla Lake want to market the drug despite the side effects, lie to Richard about this, and when they sense exposure on the horizon, they simply sell all of their stock, lining their pockets and ensuing that everyone they sold the stock to is wiped out.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Dr. Grundberg and Priscilla Lake want to market the a defective cancer drug despite the side effects, lie to Richard about this, and when they sense exposure on the horizon, they simply sell all of their stock, lining their pockets and ensuing that everyone they sold the stock to is wiped out.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Hinted at with David offering Liz to go out to eat.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Hinted at with David offering unsuccessfully asking Liz to go out to eat.
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* FalseReassurances: Grundberg telling his scientists the drug won’t go on the market if it’s anyway defective.
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* FalseReassurances: FalseReassurance: Grundberg telling his scientists the drug won’t go on the market if it’s anyway in any way defective.
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* FrameUp: [[spoile:Liz tries to frame Stuart for killing Max]].
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* FrameUp: [[spoile:Liz [[spoiler:Liz tries to frame Stuart for killing Max]].
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* RelievedFailure: After the cover-up of the drug concerns comes out Stuart says that maybe that's for the best, although its unclear if he's sincere.
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* AllAndGiveNoTake: [[spoiler:Max and Liz’s relationship, which is why she killed him after he dumped her after all the sacrifices she'd made for him, and then still wanted her to do errands for him as he tried to expose the drug chicanery]].
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* AllAndGiveNoTake: AllTakeAndNoGive: [[spoiler:Max and Liz’s relationship, which is why she killed him after he dumped her after all the sacrifices she'd made for him, and then still wanted her to do errands for him as he tried to expose the drug chicanery]].
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Played with. Grundberg claims that Max had been the only one to know about the drugs side effects and that he'd been testing this on his own time without telling anyone, in order to avoid liability of his own.
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Cancer researcher Max Franklin, is presumed dead in a plane crash, o on the verge of his company finding a new drug. As Franklins circle of friends (including Jessica) reel with the effects, they discover that there might be irregularities with the cancer drug (most of the research for which has disappeared from Max’s laboratory) and that Max himself might still be alive, and trying to expose the truth. At least for a while. Feature Creator/SamAnderson as fellow scientist Stuart Himes.
!!Tropes:
* AllAndGiveNoTake: [[spoiler:Max and Liz’s relationship, which is why she killed him after he dumped her after all the sacrifices she'd made for him, and then still wanted her to do errands for him as he tried to expose the drug chicanery]].
* BeardOfEvil: Grundberg is a very nasty man with a full beard on his face.
* CallBack: Jessica’s publisher Ted Hartley, from multiple earlier episodes, is mentioned.
* CassandraTruth: David telling Liz that Max didn’t care for her as much as she thinks.
* ChildProdigy: Max was one in the past, getting a P.H.D. at fifteen.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Dr. Grundberg and Priscilla Lake want to market the drug despite the side effects, lie to Richard about this, and when they sense exposure on the horizon, they simply sell all of their stock, lining their pockets and ensuing that everyone they sold the stock to is wiped out.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Hinted at with David offering Liz to go out to eat.
* FalseReassurances: Grundberg telling his scientists the drug won’t go on the market if it’s anyway defective.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Grundberg is a corrupt, bespectacled figure. Subverted with David, whose a nice guy interested in seeing the mystery solved and the drug trial done safely.
* FrameUp: [[spoile:Liz tries to frame Stuart for killing Max]].
* GenreMashup: InUniverse: Liz is writing a mystery story at a microbiology lab.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Richard might have his suspicions about the drug but he does repeatedly question Lake and Grundberg about it.
* IgnoredExpert: Max, Liz, Stuart and David all protested the cancer drug being pushed forward but were ignored by Grndberg. [[spoiler:Although Stuart was in on faking the data, and was only pretending to feel this way]].
* PunchClockVillain: Pell, the investigator looking into Max doesn’t seem to know the big picture and is a former cop who seems to have some idea of civic duty when Jessica points this out as why she told the police about him.
* RealityEnsues: The final scene mentions that Grundberg and Lake are facing charges of insider trading for dumping all of the stock right before they were exposed.
* ScienceMarchesOn: InUniverse, [[spoiler:Stuart]] argues that pushing the drug forward despite its problems is justifiable because the side effects will take years to settle in, and by that point there might be new medical advances to counter that.
* SerendipitousSurvival: The plane crash was apparently a complete accident and it was sheer chance Max happened to miss it.
* SinisterSurveillance: Grundberg’s employee Pell is following Max’s car at the beginning of the episode and trying to find him afterwards.
* TheStarscream: Prisiclla shows some interest in usurping Grundberg, although she shoves this aside as more pressing concerns arise.
!!Tropes:
* AllAndGiveNoTake: [[spoiler:Max and Liz’s relationship, which is why she killed him after he dumped her after all the sacrifices she'd made for him, and then still wanted her to do errands for him as he tried to expose the drug chicanery]].
* BeardOfEvil: Grundberg is a very nasty man with a full beard on his face.
* CallBack: Jessica’s publisher Ted Hartley, from multiple earlier episodes, is mentioned.
* CassandraTruth: David telling Liz that Max didn’t care for her as much as she thinks.
* ChildProdigy: Max was one in the past, getting a P.H.D. at fifteen.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Dr. Grundberg and Priscilla Lake want to market the drug despite the side effects, lie to Richard about this, and when they sense exposure on the horizon, they simply sell all of their stock, lining their pockets and ensuing that everyone they sold the stock to is wiped out.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Hinted at with David offering Liz to go out to eat.
* FalseReassurances: Grundberg telling his scientists the drug won’t go on the market if it’s anyway defective.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Grundberg is a corrupt, bespectacled figure. Subverted with David, whose a nice guy interested in seeing the mystery solved and the drug trial done safely.
* FrameUp: [[spoile:Liz tries to frame Stuart for killing Max]].
* GenreMashup: InUniverse: Liz is writing a mystery story at a microbiology lab.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Richard might have his suspicions about the drug but he does repeatedly question Lake and Grundberg about it.
* IgnoredExpert: Max, Liz, Stuart and David all protested the cancer drug being pushed forward but were ignored by Grndberg. [[spoiler:Although Stuart was in on faking the data, and was only pretending to feel this way]].
* PunchClockVillain: Pell, the investigator looking into Max doesn’t seem to know the big picture and is a former cop who seems to have some idea of civic duty when Jessica points this out as why she told the police about him.
* RealityEnsues: The final scene mentions that Grundberg and Lake are facing charges of insider trading for dumping all of the stock right before they were exposed.
* ScienceMarchesOn: InUniverse, [[spoiler:Stuart]] argues that pushing the drug forward despite its problems is justifiable because the side effects will take years to settle in, and by that point there might be new medical advances to counter that.
* SerendipitousSurvival: The plane crash was apparently a complete accident and it was sheer chance Max happened to miss it.
* SinisterSurveillance: Grundberg’s employee Pell is following Max’s car at the beginning of the episode and trying to find him afterwards.
* TheStarscream: Prisiclla shows some interest in usurping Grundberg, although she shoves this aside as more pressing concerns arise.
